Civil architecture

Between the XVI and XVIII centuries, important mansions and mansions, mansions of noble nobles and hidalgas families were built. Its dimensions, nobiliary shields, towers, solanas, chapels, palomares and ample gardens give an idea of ​​the power that their owners had.

The most significant example of these stately residences is the Torre Pazo de Goiáns, located at the mouth of the Coroño river. Currently municipal property. Of the lineages of the inhabitants of the pazo represented in their shields, we emphasize the image of the mermaid of the island of Sálvora de los Mariño. Legend has it that the powerful family was born from the encounter between a fisherman and a mermaid. The farm is made up of the pazo-torre, the chapel, the hórreo, the dovecote, the house of the landlords, the mills the pier and the fishing. The area has a great environmental potential, in addition to an autochthonous forest with pines, oaks, chestnut trees and cork oaks, we find other centennial species of great interest.

Guided visits. Pazo de Goiáns

Other buildings worthy of mention are the Pazo de Fonteneixe (Boiro), the Pazo de Agüeiros (parish of Abanqueiro), the Pazo de Ribademar (Quinteiro, Cespón) or the House of Vimiero (Boiro). All of them privately owned.

Popular architecture

The creative genius of the old stonemasons and master builder not only manifested itself in Boiro through farms, churches and cruises, but also through simpler creations, which, perhaps because of their intimate integration in this landscape, often pass Unnoticed.

These are granaries, mills, dovecotes, quays, tile kilns and other constructions that mostly came to light in the eighteenth century, coinciding with the stage of expansion that this century meant for the old Boiro.

Washing places

Traditional constructions located strategically, so that they took advantage of the springs of the rivers. Laundry of Brión and the one of A Boliña.

Mills

Very functional, dedicated to the grinding of grain taking advantage of the energy of the water in movement. In Boiro, you will find a heritage of over 120 listed mills, many of them still in operation today. You can visit the mills of Ponte Goiáns and a mill of the river Beluso in the place of Bealo.

Raised granaries

Granaries dedicated to the drying and storage of cereals, especially corn. You will see them in many of our village houses. Hórreo de los Carreró, in Cabo de Cruz, or El Araño, in the neighboring municipality of Rianxo, the longest in Galicia.

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